Album Review

Juan Gabriel and Ana Gabriel are extremely popular Mexican singers and songwriters who, despite their shared name and commitment to exploring the varieties of Mexican traditional music and pop, are not related by blood or marriage. Nevertheless, on this inspired 2008 collaboration, the artists sound perfect together. The album contains 16 tracks, with writing and lead vocal chores divided evenly between the two, of vibrant rancheras, sugary but heartfelt ballads, and bouncy Latin pop.

Biography

Born: 10 December 1962 in Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico

Genre: Pop in Spanish

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Mexican singer Ana Gabriel reached the stage for the first time at the age of six, singing José Alfredo Jiménez's "Regalo A Dios," a sweet experience the artist hardly forgets. Daughter of Ramon Araujo and Japanese descendant Isabel Young, Ana Gabriel was always supported by her parents. At the age of 15, the enthusiastic teenager moved to Tijuana to study accountancy and pursue a singing career, having the opportunity to record her first song called "Comprendeme" in 1977. Later, Ana Gabriel came...